Criticize
['krɪtɪsaɪz] or ['krɪtə'saɪz]
Definition
(verb.) act as a critic; 'Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either'.
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Examples
- In measuring time we cannot rely on our inward impressions; we even criticize these impressions and spe ak of time as going slowly or quickly. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I'm not a show, Aunty, and no one is coming to stare at me, to criticize my dress, or count the cost of my luncheon. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But the human reason is an obstinate thing, and will criticize and select in spite of its own resolutions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There are instances of persons who, without clear ideas of the things they criticize have yet had clear ideas of the relations of those things. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Thus they were led to criticize custom adversely and to look for some other source of authority in life and belief. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Having surveyed and criticized the whole troop, he turned to me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A number of theories of knowing have been criticized in the previous pages. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Many of them have been criticized in connection with the discussion of some educational problem. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Both peeped and criticized and chatted till they felt like old acquaintances. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Bare logic, however important in arranging and criticizing existing subject matter, cannot spin new subject matter out of itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Later on, after Plato was dead, he set up a school at the Lyceum in Athens and taught, criticizing Plato and Socrates with a certain hardness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She regarded him in a peculiar and criticizing manner. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There are various ways, equally conclusive, of criticizing this conception, in both its alleged foundations and in its educational application. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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